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That’s what one ABC News reporter covering his trial (currently in Day 5 of jury deliberations) says: Since the alternates were identified last Thursday, it has been impossible to ignore the dynamic between Edwards and one of the female alternates, an attractive young woman with jet-black hair, who seems to have been flirting with Edwards [...]
A Washington, D.C. elementary school has made what I can only characterize as an odd choice: We may never know exactly how or why young Trayvon Martin was killed that dark February night in Sanford, Fla., but the slaying which has provoked nationwide protests has now prompted something even more unique nearly 900 miles away. [...]
Etan Patz went missing 34 years ago tomorrow morning. The mystery of his disappearance may have been solved today.
A story headlined “American Airlines Rejects Female Passenger Because Political Pro-Choice T-Shirt is ‘Inappropriate’” is going viral.
Apparently, pretended overpriced pomegranate juice is a magic healing elixir is more than the law will allow.
The Catholic Church has fired a legal shot across the bow of the Affordable Care Act.
A surprisingly short sentence in a case that caused a nationwide sensation.
Google may be anticipating some interesting First Amendment issues it will have to deal with in the future given who it hired recently to advise on First Amendment issues: IS Google search an intermediary like the phone company — simply connecting people with the information they seek? Or is Google search a publisher, like a newspaper, which [...]
Alan Dershowitz thinls the charges against George Zimmerman should be dropped. With due apologies to the good Professor, he’s wrong.
Innocent people have gone to jail, and some of them are still sitting there.
While the United States has some serious problems with policing, we’re not a police state.
House Republicans yesterday rejected an effort to limit the authority of the President, military, and law enforcement to indefinitely detain terror suspects captured on United States soil: In two votes Friday morning, the House backed the president’s powers to indefinitely detain terror suspects captured on U.S. soil. Lawmakers rejected an amendment that would have barred [...]
An object lesson in the problems with our intellectual property laws
Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.
James Joyner has made note of the fact that the records of the autopsy of Trayvon Martin have been made public, so it seems relevant to note the other story in the news today, which is the release of the medical records of George Zimmerman: A medical report compiled by the family physician of Trayvon [...]
Trayvon Martin’s autopsy shows injuries to his knuckles, which bolsters George Zimmerman’s claim that there was a fight, a Florida television station reports.
For some bizarre reasons, someone thought this would be a good business idea: An unidentified entrepreneur admits he is trying to profit off Trayvon Martin’s death by selling gun range targets featuring the teen who’s death has sparked a nationwide controversy. Although Martin’s face does not appear on the paper targets, they feature a hoodie [...]
The Department of Justice has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio claiming that his Department has been systematically violating the rights of Hispanic inmates and suspects: PHOENIX — The Justice Department on Thursday sued Joe Arpaio, a prominent Arizona sheriff known for his crackdowns aimed at rounding up illegal [...]
Nicholas Katzenbach, a central figure in the civil rights fights of the 1960s, has died.
Amendment One isn’t the first time that North Carolina has put an Amendment regarding marriage in its Constitution, they did it in 1875 too: If Amendment One passes on Tuesday, it won’t be our first state constitutional provision regulating marriage. In 1875, we altered our charter to declare that “all marriages between a white person [...]
As James Joyner noted on Tuesday, five Cleveland area men were arrested after plotting to blow up a bridge in the area. Last night the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that one of those five men had ties to the Cleveland branch of the Occupy movement: CLEVELAND, Ohio — One of the five self-described anarchists arrested [...]
The Solicitor General had another bad day in Court yesterday.
The attack appears to be based on long-standing animus and not revenge for Trayvon.
The Rule Of Law is incompatible with political rabble rousing
Another potential scandal in New Orleans.
John Edwards is a pathetic human being, but that doesn’t mean he’s necessarily a criminal.
The Atlantic’s Max Fisher reflects on “What America Can Learn From Norway’s Anders Breivik Trial.”
Alan Dershowitz says the prosecutor who charged George Zimmerman with second degree murder of Trayvon Martin was “irresponsible and unethical” and politically motivated.
Via WSFA: Man jailed for wearing sagging pants in court An Autauga County man facing a charge of receiving stolen property is spending 3 days behind bars, not for that crime, but for wearing sagging pants in the courthouse. Lamarcus Ramsey, 20, of Prattville, was found in contempt of court. "It shows a general lack [...]
It’s time to let the criminal justice system do its job.
William Todd committed at least nine felonies in the span of ten hours in Nashville.
A Federal Court rejects an effort to significantly expand the application of a law designed to target computer hacking.
The Washington Post is reporting that the special prosecutor handling the investigation into the Trayvon Martin shooting plans to file charges against George Zimmermann as early as today: Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey plans to announce as early as Wednesday afternoon that she is charging neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon [...]
The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case takes yet another bizarre turn.
In somewhat of a surprising last minute move, the special prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the death of Trayvon Martin will not be presenting the case to a grand jury: ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A grand jury will not look into the Trayvon Martin case, a special prosecutor said Monday, leaving the decision [...]
Unsurprisingly, the Department of Justice confirms that it supports Marbury v. Madison
Here’s my question: when (because I think it will be when, not if) the Supreme Court of the United States decides that same-sex marriage is constitutional via the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause (or whatever mechanism) and various state laws (including referenda in various states that passed by large majorities) are struck down, will we [...]
The 5th Circuit has demanded a report from the president on his views about the power of the courts.
A bill that may become law in Arizona could make your Internet comments a crime.
What we are seeing at the moment is the expected political churn that accompanies something as big as the PPACA case
The White House and its allies have already declared war on a decision that won’t even be rendered until three months from now.
The US Supreme Court ruled today that police can strip search anyone they decide to arrest for anything for any reason.
